Workshop on Autonomous Observatory Manager Software – RTS2 - 22nd-26th July, Lijiang, China

[Petr Kubánek]

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT (15 May 2014)
Workshop on Autonomous Observatory Manager Software – RTS2
Lijiang – China, 22-26 July 2014
http://rts2-2014.csp.escience.cn/
 
SOC: (in alphabetical order)

Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (Co-Chair) (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC), Spain) 
Chenzhou Cui    (National Observatories, CAS, China)
Feng Wang       (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China)
Guziy Sergey    (Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine)
Jinming Bai (Co-Chair)   (Yunnan Observatories, CAS, China)
Kubanek Petr	(Institute of Physics (ASCR), Czech Republic)
Yongheng Zhao   (National Observatories, CAS, China)

LOC:

Chuanjun Wang(Chair), Yuxin Xin, Yufeng Fan, Xueli Wang, Weimin Yi
(Lijiang Observatory, Yunnan Observatories, CAS),
Ronan Cunniffe  (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC))

PARTICIPATION

We invite the participation of all astronomers and engineers interested
in the RTS2 or other software of Autonomous
Observatory Manager, particularly those who are already using the RTS2
on their facilities. Young astronomers and students
are encouraged to participate.

PURPOSE and SCOPE

RTS2 (Remote Telescope System 2nd version, http://rts2.org ) is an open
source observatory manager software for robotic telescopes. Its driving
requirements originated from quick follow-ups of celestial phenomena.
After some years of development it is now widely used in some Robotic
Autonomous Observatories (RAOs), such as BOOTES, BART, FRAM, Watcher,
etc.
BOOTES-4, as the 4th station of BOOTES global network of robotic
observatories, was installed in Lijiang observatory, Yunnan Province of
China, promoting the sciences and technologies in RAO, Virtual
Observatory (VO), autonomous data processing,etc.

More and more astronomers and engineers are building RTS2 powered
projects and expecting improvements of the system.
 
Main Topics:
* The development and improvements of robotic telescopes
* Software for managing autonomous observatories
* Data processing of autonomous observatories
* New features of RTS2
* The future of RTS2

Training:

The workshop will be followed by a training on:
* Building and maintaining an RTS-2 based robotic telescope,
* Developing new module or feature for RTS-2,
* Answering questions on projects under construction.

MEETING FORMAT
The Workshop will be organized in several main SESSIONS in the first two
or three days, followed by splinter MEETINGs TRAINNING
and DISCUSSIONs in the last days.

REGISTRATION
Online registration is now open. 

http://rts2-2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65554

The registration fee for each participant is RMB2000, will be paid by
cash at reception. The registration fee is reduced to RMB1000 for
students. Please submit the abstract online if you have oral talk(s) or
poster(s) to contribute. Oral talk is about 45 minutes, including 10
minuts' discussion.
 
Please provide your personal information with online registration, for
the Invitation Letter to be issued to you for Chinese visa applications.
There is a small amount of grant applicable before the deadline for some
of students and young researchers, covering the accommodation
(guesthouse of Lijiang Observatory Low Level Office, 6 km from the
conference venue with bus connection).

IMPORTANT DATES

May 15th, 2014:                    First announcement
July 1st, 2014:                     Close of online registration
July 15th, 2014:                    Final announcement
July 21st, 2014:                    Receiption

CONTACTS*

- For further information regarding the format and scientific objectives
of the meeting, contact
  the SOC Co-Chair: ajct(at)iaa.es,  baijinming(at)ynao.ac.cn

- For further information regarding the invitations to apply for the
visa, Workshop logistics, announcements, and accommodations,
  contact the LOC: rts2(at)ynao.ac.cn

- For further information regarding online abstract submission,
registration and hotel booking, Please contact:
  shqin(at)ynao.ac.cn, fanyf(at)ynao.ac.cn

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ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS

Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects,
Chinese Academy of Sciences